*Strappado
is a form of torture, employed by the Inquisitional tribunals against women
accused of witchcraft. Victims were suspended in the air by means of a rope
attached to their hands which were tied behind their backs, causing their arms to
be dislocated.

Mary Saracino is a
novelist, poet, and memoir-writer who lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Her
most recent novel, Heretics: A Love Story,was published in 2014 by Pearlsong
Press. She Is Everywhere! Volume 3,
the anthology she co-edited with Mary Beth Moser, was awarded the 2013
Enheduanna Award for Excellence in Women-Centered Literature from Sofia
University, Palo Alto, CA. Mary’s novel, The
Singing of Swans (Pearlsong Press 2006) was a 2007 Lambda Literary Awards
Finalist. Her short story, "Vicky's Secret" earned the 2007 Glass
Woman Prize. www.marysaracino.com

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